Thanks Anne and Leni. I thought it could possibly be Chinese - the chrysanthemum type flower just struck a cord.

Leni - it is crystal clear. It was photographed next to a flaming big yellow glass vase and just reflected some of the colour :roll:

There's another Mdina pw in the shop for £3. Its really lovely with typical blue/green/ochre swirls, but it has a flattened top which I can't make sense of? It doesn't add anything to the appearance, design wise. Is this quite common do you know?

I wondered about your Mdina paperweight...how's this for an idea: It was a Mdina seahorse paperweight, someone broke the clear 'horse' part off and had the broken part on the coloured base cut & polished? :idea: